{"id":11495,"date":"2016-08-25T14:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=11495"},"modified":"2016-08-27T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T12:44:08","slug":"if-youre-on-a-limited-data-plan-take-control-of-your-data-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/if-youre-on-a-limited-data-plan-take-control-of-your-data-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re on a Limited Data Plan, Take Control of Your Data Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>If You&#8217;re on a Limited Data Plan, Take Control of Your Data Usage<\/h1>\n<p><em>Note: If you have Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Edition) see the bottom of this page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Press the Windows key + i (or click Start&#8212;&gt;Settings) to open Windows 10 Settings. Next click on &#8220;Network &amp; Internet&#8221; then click on Data usage:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style9\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"> <span class=\"auto-style7\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/internet-usage0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look up close and personal&#8230;see?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style9\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"> <span class=\"auto-style7\"> <span class=\"auto-style747\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/internet-usage.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"321\" height=\"568\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see an overview of your data usage by type (Wi-Fi and Ethernet):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style9\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"> <span class=\"auto-style7\"> <span class=\"auto-style747\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/internet-usage1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"410\" height=\"328\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to see what&#8217;s using the most data, click on Usage details and you&#8217;ll see a list of all the apps that are using the most data. I don&#8217;t watch movies on my PC, but as you can see my Chrome browser is using the most data, and the program we use to help folks with our <a href=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/direct\/\">Cloudeight Direct Computer Care Service<\/a>, close behind:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style9\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"> <span class=\"auto-style7\"> <span class=\"auto-style747\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/internet-usage2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The data usage is upgraded continually so you&#8217;ll always know where you stand and what programs and apps are using up the most data.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to take even more control, turn on Metered Connections.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the Start button &#8211;&gt;Settings&#8211;&gt;Network &amp; Internet&#8211;&gt;Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/metered-a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;Advanced Options&#8221;. In the Advanced Options dialog, under &#8220;Metered connection&#8221; turn the switch to &#8220;On&#8221; (it&#8217;s off by default).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/metered.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"663\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This may affect how often you&#8217;ll get Windows Updates &#8211; but at least you&#8217;ll be in control of your data usage.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE FOR WINDOWS 10 VERSION 1607 (Anniversary Edition)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Metered connection is now located under Start &gt; Settings &gt; Network &amp; Internet &gt; Wi-Fi &gt; your connection name.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Everything else is the same.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If You&#8217;re on a Limited Data Plan, Take Control of Your Data Usage Note: If you have Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Edition) see the bottom of this page. Press the Windows key + i (or click Start&#8212;&gt;Settings) to open Windows 10 Settings. Next click on &#8220;Network &amp; Internet&#8221; then click on Data usage: Let&#8217;s look up close\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/if-youre-on-a-limited-data-plan-take-control-of-your-data-usage\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11498,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11495\/revisions\/11498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}